Outdoor Retailer Report - Product features

Enthusiast Groupies Neal Young (editorial and community manager) and Yann Ropars (director of business development) went to Salt Lake City to work the big 2007 Outdoor Retailer show. Surprisingly, they weren't kicked out:

When actually working, they talked to quite a few product manufacturers with some cool stuff coming out in '07. Not a whole lot of real cycling-centered gear...but I guess that's why they have Interbike. Here's a series of short product previews from each manufacturer we talked to (click on "Watch the Video"):

Hydrapak - Sweet new hydration system design!

Ibex - New riding wear (some you don't even have to wash for a week!)

Injinji - Really comfortable performance toe socks

Inov-8 - Keep debris out of your running shoes with this new invention (I said "Inov" in the video, but it's actually "Inov-8")

Joby - Check out these amazing tripods!

Java Juice - Brilliant development for all coffee fiends - this stuff is good and so easy to make!

La Sportiva - Award winning new trail running shoe...

Optic Nerve - New photochromic lens technology - cool stuff!

Polartec - Their new materials, and how they maintain a sustainable production line

Sierra Designs - They show us their new line of "green"-centered clothes...

Timbuk2 - New bags, new materials...

Teko - Great socks for you, great socks for the planet...

Vibram Fivefingers - A new alternative to going barefoot - with protection and grip! (Yann couldn't get enough of these...)

Xip3 - A jacket, backpack, and pillow - all in one!